Talk:W. H. Auden

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Is this the whole or a significant portion of the text of the poem? If so, it does not belong in Wikiquote. See What Wikiquote is not. Nanobug 23:43, 17 Aug 2003 (UTC)

It is a portion. No portion of any statement, whether poetic or not, can be counted entirely insignificant. Here is a link to a site with the entire text of the poem.

If it was insisted upon, the first two passages quoted could be left out in favor of the more famous and significant lines that come towards the end, but I feel the introductory lines help put the final ones into the full context of the tragedies unfolding in his times, and that have occured in many ages, including our own. —Kalki 2003·08·18 19:44 »

Ahh, a different usage of the word significant than I was thinking of at the time. Of course, I would never be so bold as to suggest that any part of a work was not significant, quite the contrary. I was merely pondering copyright issues. We probably should come up with some guidelines in line with generally agreed international copyright laws, relating to how much of a work can be quoted before violating copyright. Nanobug 21:11, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)